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Posted on September 24th, 2015 by Tim McCoy
I was around the table at our Wednesday night fellowship meal for a few moments with a group of senior adult ladies last night and one of them asked: “So, how is the contemporary worship service going? Is it off to a good start?” All were eager to hear the reply.
The question. Both the question and the answer were a source of joy for me. The question was really more than a mere ask for information. It was an inquiry filled with the hope and expectation that the answer...
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Posted on September 17th, 2015 by Tim McCoy
Thanks so much for your prayers and partnership as we launched our new contemporary service and our new worship schedule this past Sunday, September 13.
With 474 worshipers in the contemporary service and more than 2,300 worshipers overall, it was a great beginning. In every service there was a strong sense of the Lord’s favor and anointing!
Let’s do it again this week, shall we? As we make our way toward a “new normal,” let me encourage you to keep on taking some very...
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Posted on September 10th, 2015 by Tim McCoy
As we launch our new contemporary service and our new worship schedule this Sunday, September 13, I hope you will be “all in.”
No matter which service you choose, here are some very practical steps you can take to help our church achieve its full redemptive potential. Will you be “all in”?
Pray – ask God to grant favor and power in our worship services. The Bible says: “The prayer of a righteous person has great power” (James 5:16b, ESV).
Invite – your personal...
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Posted on September 3rd, 2015 by Tim McCoy
The infamous Ashley Madison tagline actually got it half right: life is short. In Scripture, the book of James puts it this way: “you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes” (4:14, ESV).
And, of course, if life is short and this life is all there is, then to prioritize personal pleasure regardless of the consequence might make sense. Even the Apostle Paul concluded: “If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink [and make sexual appetites ultimate], for...
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